This roster lists the individuals who served in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Bedford County Militia during the year 1777.
Until December 2016, the statement had to be made that "no individual company rosters have survived for the companies which were in service during the year 1777." That statement is no longer accurate. An original roster for Captain Jacob Hendershot's Company has been discovered.
For more information regarding this incredible find, click on this link.
| Name | Service In The Bedford County Militia / Continental Line |
|---|---|
| ----ther, Hugh | Captain, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Abrahams, Enoch | Court Martial Man, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Abrams, Henry | Ensign, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Adams, Solomon | Ensign, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Alexander, William | 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Am----l, Frederick | 1st Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Anderson, Samuel | Court Martial Man, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Andrews, William | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Angeny, Christian | Court Martial Man, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Ashman, George | Colonel, 2nd Battalion |
| Beatty, James | 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Black, Henry | Captain, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Black, James | Court Martial Man, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Black, William | Captain, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Blair, Thomas | Captain, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Buck, Thomas | Captain, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Cable, Philip | Ensign, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Cain, Morris | 1st Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Caldwell, David | 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Caldwell, James | 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Carpenter Daniel | Captain, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Cessna, Charles | Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion |
| Cessna, John | Court Martial Man, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Cessna, John | Major, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Clavinger, Abraham | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Cluggage, Francis | 1st Lieutenant, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Coombs, Edward | Major, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Coombs, John | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Coombs, Joseph | Ensign, 7th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Cornelius, Joseph | Ensign, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Countryman, George | Court Martial Man, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Covalt, Abraham | Captain, 6th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Covalt, Bethuel | Ensign, 6th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Crawford, James | Ensign, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Culbertson, Robert | Major, 1st Battalion |
| Davis, Joshua | Captain, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Davis, Samuel | Court Martial Man, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Dean, Mathew | Court Martial Man, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Devinny, Andrew | Major, 3rd Battalion |
| Devinny, William | 1st Lieutenant, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Devy, Thomas | 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Dickey, James | Court Martial Man, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Diman, Dominick | Captain William Parker's Company, and Captain Gaven Clugage's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Dinsmore, James | 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Drake, Oliver | 1st Lieutenant, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Dunlap, Richard | Captain, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Edington, Jonathan | Court Martial Man, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Enslow, George | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Enyart, William | Ensign, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Evans, David | Ensign, 8th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Ewalt, Henry | Ensign, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Ewing, Alexander | Ensign, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Fisher, Jacob | Court Martial Man, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Galbraith, Robert | Ensign, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Galloway, John | 1st Lieutenant, 5th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Garner, Robert | 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Gibson, James | Captain, 5th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Glessnor, Jacob | 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Graham, James | Lieutenant Colonel, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Hall, Thomas | Court Martial Man, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Hamilton, John | Captain, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Hart, Jacob | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Hendershot, Jacob | Captain, undesignated company, 1st Battalion |
| Hersler, Adam | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Hunter, David | Ensign, 5th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Hysop, Samuel | Court Martial Man, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Jack, Samuel | Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd Battalion |
| Jackson, George | 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Jenkins, Evan | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Johnston, Thomas | 1st Lieutenant, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Johnston, William | Captain, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Jolley, Nelson | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Jones, Andrew | Ensign, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Jones, David | 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Kelly, William | 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Kirkpatrick, Robert | Ensign, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Laird, Jacob | 1st Lieutenant, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Lavary, Henry | Ensign, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Lefevre, Campbell | 1st Lieutenant, 1st Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Lefevre, Isaac | 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Lewis, John | Ensign, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Linn, Levi | Lieutenant, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Little, James | Court Martial Man, 6th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Little, John | Captain, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Long, Hugh | Court Martial Man, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Longstrath, Martin | Major, 2nd Battalion |
| Longstrath, Philip | 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Martin, James | Captain, 1st Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Martin, Samuel | Ensign, 1st Company, 2nd Battalion |
| McAlevy, William | Colonel, 3rd Battalion |
| McAuley, Cornelius | 1st Lieutenant, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| McCasslin, Samuel | Court Martial Man, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| McCormick, Alexander | 2nd Lieutenant, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| McFadden, Samuel | 1st Lieutenant, 6th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Miller, Thomas | 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Milley, Abraham | Court Martial Man, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Milligan, George | Court Martial Man, 6th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Mitchell, Thomas | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Moore, John | 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Moore, Robert | Court Martial Man, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Moore, Samuel | 1st Lieutenant, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Moore, William | 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Morgan, Thomas | 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Oliver, Joseph | Court Martial Man, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Orbison, Joseph | 1st Lieutenant, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Owens, Joshua | Ensign, 1st Company, 1st Battalion |
| Parker, William | Colonel, 1st Battalion |
| Paxton, Thomas | Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Battalion |
| Payne, Jonathan | 1st Lieutenant, 7th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Payne, Samuel | 2nd Lieutenant, 7th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Peck, John | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Pittman, Richard | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Pittman, William | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Predimore, Joseph | Court Martial Man, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Reed, John | Court Martial Man, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Reed, Moses | Lieutenant, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Rhea, Samuel | 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Rhoads, Henry | Captain, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Ritchey, Gideon | Captain, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Robinson, Abraham | Court Martial Man, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Roose, Edward | 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Rush, Henry | 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Rush, John | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Russ, Azer | 1st Lieutenant, 8th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Shaver, John | Captain, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Shelby, Evan | Captain, 8th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Shines, Francis | Sergeant, Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Shirley, William | Court Martial Man, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Shoub, Jacob | Ensign, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Shoub, Sebastian | Court Martial Man, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Simonton, William | Captain, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Slaughter, John | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Steed, William | Corporal, Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Stewart, Robert | Court Martial Man, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Stillwe, Obediah | Captain, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Stilwell, John | Lieutenant, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Storts, Frederick | 1st Lieutenant, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Storts, Frederick | Lieutenant, Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Sullivan, Patrick | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Thompson, Adam | 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Thompson, John | Captain, 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Thompson, Samuel | Court Martial Man, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Troax, Cornelius | Private, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Troax, Joseph | Private, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Troax, Stillwell | Ensign, with Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Vansant, James | 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Vansant, John | Ensign, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Warford, James | Captain, 7th Company, 2nd Battalion |
| Watson, Michael | Court Martial Man, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Wells, James | Captain, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Williams, Henry | Ensign, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion |
| Williams, John | Captain Hendershot's Company, 1st Battalion |
| Wilson, John | 1st Lieutenant, 7th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Wilson, Thomas | 1st Lieutenant, 4th Company, 3rd Battalion |
| Wright, Aaron | 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
| Wright, David | 1st Lieutenant, 5th Company, 1st Battalion |
